One Sunday in May, the Orchard Millenium Green in Buckfastleigh in Devon was abuzz with excitement as the Network of Wellbeing, the Share Shed and the Woolly Nanas hosted a second highly popular WoolFest to celebrate the wonders of wool.
At the Network of Wellbeing, we have a vision of wellbeing that is inclusive, collective, systemic and sustainable, because we believe that people can only thrive if the planet is thriving too. That’s why, over the last few years, we’ve
Setting Up and Sustaining a Library of Things is a new toolkit, by the Network of Wellbeing and the Share Shed, for people inspired to run a Library of Things in their community. Mirella Ferraz, our Projects Manager and co-founder
As the Network of Wellbeing (NOW) celebrates its 10th anniversary with an inspiring series of online events, one of our projects, the Share Shed – A Library of Things, is getting ready to expand its services in south Devon. The
At the Network of Wellbeing (NOW), we’re proud to have set up the Share Shed – A Library of Things, offering useful items at low cost for people to borrow. As the project developed, we launched a mobile version of
Earlier this month, together with Eden Project Communities, we marked Loneliness Awareness Week and Month of Community by co-hosting ‘Communities Addressing Loneliness and Building Wellbeing’. During this online event we were joined by Kim Leadbeater MP, Linzi Cason from Empowerment
All over the world, sharing projects are providing people an opportunity to access things, rather than own them. This contributes to a much fairer and sustainable distribution of resources, while avoiding a lot of waste and creating potential for communities
Set up by the Network of Wellbeing (NOW) in 2017, the Share Shed – A Library of Things has pioneered a new way of offering useful items for people to borrow at a low cost, via a travelling library of
The Heart Movement Bus is a free, accessible and mobile community space creating opportunities for people to experience the benefits of mindfulness and compassion practices. The Bus was launched earlier this year and has spent the summer travelling across the
Why buy when you can borrow – it’s better for you and for the planet too. That’s the idea behind our project the Share Shed, reopening soon and celebrating it’s 4th Birthday today! The Share Shed is a mobile library
On average, an electric drill is used for up to 13 minutes in its whole lifetime. How many electric drills might your community, or even the street where you live, have? What if rather than owning a drill, we were
In these unprecedented times we need to find effective ways to support each other. Here at NOW, we’ve relaunched our Wellbeing Together webinar series, and this post shares a summary of a webinar on Community Action for Health and Wellbeing.
The Big Fix 2020, which happened on 15th February 2020, brought reuse and repair to the attention of the wider public across the UK, and helped increase awareness of a more sustainable and collaborative lifestyle. The initiative was a national
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